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March 27, 2026
COMMUNITY AND GLOBAL HEALTH
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Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S. is Within Reach, Experts Report
Hepatitis C elimination in the U.S. is within reach—if we do three things: expand point‑of‑care testing, scale treatment access, and unify stakeholders for coordinated action, according to health economists Louis Garrison, Ph.D. and Bruce Wang, Ph.D.
In a Viewpoint paper in JAMA Health Forum, the economists detail progress toward HCV elimination, including why "single-step HCV diagnosis is widely seen as a critical component of an HCV elimination program"1 and why U.S. policy makers should support the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025 (S.1941).
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Read the full paper JAMA Health Forum.
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1 Garrison LP, Wang BCM. Stakeholder Engagement for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination. JAMA Health Forum. 2026;7(1):e256433. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.6433
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